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Manchester United's unbeaten Premier League run under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came to an end after goals from Granit Xhaka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Arsenal to a 2-0 win at the Emirates.

Despite creating plenty of chances in north London, Solskjaer's side failed to find a way past Bernd Leno - and were also denied by the woodwork on two separate occasions.

Unai Emery's side went ahead when Xhaka's long-range effort caught Dave de Gea by surprise on 12 minutes - before the Gunners sealed all three points when Fred pulled down Alexandre Lacazette inside the box with referee Jon Moss having no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

Despite missing a spot-kick last weekend against Spurs, Aubameyang once again stepped up for his side and this time made no mistake from 12-yards.

The win moves the Gunners two points ahead of the Red Devils in the race for the top four - and below is all the fall out from the game in the capital.

Managers

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was left disappointed with what he believed to be a defeat that wasn't deserved. Speaking to the club's official website after the game, the Norwegian believes those watching can't say his side deserved to lose at the Emirates.

“We started slowly and maybe it was a backlash from Wednesday night (against PSG), I don't know," Solskjaer said.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Image: (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images))

"Today we were lethargic in the first 10-15 minutes, we did not have the zip and we did not take the chances. But you cannot say it was a game we deserved to lose. We created chances, that's the thing. We created five big chances, we hit the woodwork twice.

”We created so many more chances today than, say for example, when we beat them in the FA Cup. We played a better game today than back then but that doesn't help when the result is like it is. When they get the first goal, it's a different game. The performance was good, the result was disappointing."

"He has personality and confidence and I had the same confidence today like last week.

"For me it’s not one mistake when he didn’t score, it’s one action. The goalkeeper can save it also."

Players

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey reflected on the fact that the game at the Emirates was his last in an Gunners shirts against the Red Devils . The Welshmen leaves the north London side in the summer to move to Italian giants Juventus, but admitted he wants to help his side finish the season as strongly as they can.

"I knew that before the game so I really wanted to go out there today and put in a big performance and help my teammates as much as possible," Ramsey told the official Arsenal website.

"We managed to do that and it’s probably my last game against them in an Arsenal shirt, so I’m just glad we won and we’ve put ourselves in a great position to finish the season strongly and get into the top four."

United captain Ashley Young made a post-match prediction that the race for the top four will go down to the wire. The Gunners' victory helped move them ahead of the Red Devils in the table, but Young believes the fact his side are in with a chance of a top four finish shows how far they have come in a short space of time.

Ashley Young (Image: (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images))

“Yeah, of course, but I think there are so many points to pick up, so many games left," the former Aston Villa man told United's official website.

"For me, if we were talking back in October, saying that we were going to be fighting for fourth place, we would have taken that with where we were.

“But, on a personal level, and everyone in the dressing room, I think the club a size of United should be higher up the league and that’s where I see it, but right now, obviously, we’re talking about finishing in the top four and we’re going to do everything we can to do that."

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Pundits

Meanwhile in the Sky Sports studio, Gary Neville believes David de Dea was at fault for Arsenal's first goal. Granit Xhaka's strike from distance seemed to take the Spaniard by surprise, and the former United full-back didn't hold back in his criticism of De Gea after the game.

"In terms of the goal, I thought David de Gea made a big mistake and I think, to be fair for that, Man Utd lost the game because in the second half it allowed Arsenal to play on the counter-attack," the former England international said.

Gary Neville (Image: (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images))

"David de Gea is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. He's made a mistake, simple as that. At the end of the day, it's got to be a goalkeeping error."

Speaking in the aftermath to the game at the Emirates, the Scot said: "Arsenal started well and grabbed the initiative. United huffed and puffed for most of the game. It wasn't the United in recent weeks and the biggest reason was that the midfield was off the pace.

"Fred, Matic, Pogba couldn't get near them. I've been critical of Xhaka but he was excellent today. He played like a senior pro.

"United were in PSG's faces, so aggressive on Wednesday. Every manager says: 'Make sure we start right', because once you hand over the initiative it's hard to get it back. United didn't start right. I didn't see high energy.

"United were passive. There was no aggression in terms of how they closed down, nothing. You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got. Get your energy levels right, get in the face of the opposition."

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